»Prof. Fisch belongs to the leading intellectual historians and philosophers in the area of modern Wissenschaftsgeschichte, and, at the same time, to the most acknowledged contemporary Jewish philosophers. It is, indeed, this rare and exceptionally creative dialogue between general philosophy and Jewish thought ... that explains his widespread international reputation and constitutes his extraordinary academic achievements. ... The openness, critical scholarship and moral character of Menachem Fisch’s main scholarly endeavor, the establishment of a dialogue between Judaism, Christianity and Islam based on innovative methods as well as on a fundamental respect for the Other’s tradition, provides a model for academic engagement in the interreligious and intercultural encounter between Judaism, Christianity and Islam which are meaningful on a global scale, particularly in view of the conflicts in the Middle East, but also with regard to current debates in Germany about mutual cultural understanding in increasingly multicultural and multireligious immigrant societies. Due to his internationally acknowledged role as a prolific scholar and public intellectual working on philosophical issues of contemporary relevance, Menachem Fisch’s presence in the German academic context will, therefore, be of particular significance.«